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200 - The Metanoia Block - Why Your Mind Resists Its Own Transformation
You know exactly what you need to change. So why haven't you changed it?
In this episode, Drake and Holly explore one of the most universal human experiences: the mind's fierce resistance to its own transformation. Starting with the Greek concept of metanoia, a change of mind so complete it's like becoming a different person, they examine why genuine change feels like death to the psyche and why the brain fights it with every tool at its disposal. From the neuroscience of homeostasis and prediction models to Freud's clinical observations of therapeutic resistance, from shamanic dismemberment rituals to Buddhist teachings on attachment, they trace how every serious wisdom tradition has encountered this phenomenon and developed ways to work with it. In a rare moment of directness about MAAOoT's actual curriculum, Drake and Holly discuss why understanding the metanoia block is one of the very first things new students learn, and why this single piece of awareness underpins everything that follows in the work.
In This Episode:
- Metanoia: what genuine transformation actually means (and why "repentance" misses the point)
- Your brain as prediction machine: why familiar suffering beats unknown freedom
- The neuroscience of homeostasis, the default mode network, and the metabolic cost of change
- Freud, Jung, and the psychology of resistance
- Terror Management Theory: identity as mortality buffer
- Shamanic dismemberment, Christian kenosis, Sufi fana, Buddhist attachment
- Wilhelm Reich's character armour: where resistance lives in the body
- Why resistance is proportional to the significance of the change
- Why MAAOoT teaches the metanoia block first and what changes when you can recognise it
- The difference between being in control and being controlled
- Listener Q&A: Zhuangzi's dream and practical living, can secrets survive the modern age, preserving wisdom from fragmentary sources
About Ab Immemorabili:
A podcast exploring ancient wisdom traditions for modern seekers, produced by the Most Ancient Anamnetic Order of Trikala (MAAOoT). Through one-on-one mentorship over 3-5 years, students work through 15 wisdom traditions integrating philosophy, practical psychology, and embodied practice.
Connect With Us:
Email your questions, reflections, and challenges to [email protected]
Learn more at www.maaoot.org
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By The Most Ancient Anamnetic Order of TrikalaYou know exactly what you need to change. So why haven't you changed it?
In this episode, Drake and Holly explore one of the most universal human experiences: the mind's fierce resistance to its own transformation. Starting with the Greek concept of metanoia, a change of mind so complete it's like becoming a different person, they examine why genuine change feels like death to the psyche and why the brain fights it with every tool at its disposal. From the neuroscience of homeostasis and prediction models to Freud's clinical observations of therapeutic resistance, from shamanic dismemberment rituals to Buddhist teachings on attachment, they trace how every serious wisdom tradition has encountered this phenomenon and developed ways to work with it. In a rare moment of directness about MAAOoT's actual curriculum, Drake and Holly discuss why understanding the metanoia block is one of the very first things new students learn, and why this single piece of awareness underpins everything that follows in the work.
In This Episode:
- Metanoia: what genuine transformation actually means (and why "repentance" misses the point)
- Your brain as prediction machine: why familiar suffering beats unknown freedom
- The neuroscience of homeostasis, the default mode network, and the metabolic cost of change
- Freud, Jung, and the psychology of resistance
- Terror Management Theory: identity as mortality buffer
- Shamanic dismemberment, Christian kenosis, Sufi fana, Buddhist attachment
- Wilhelm Reich's character armour: where resistance lives in the body
- Why resistance is proportional to the significance of the change
- Why MAAOoT teaches the metanoia block first and what changes when you can recognise it
- The difference between being in control and being controlled
- Listener Q&A: Zhuangzi's dream and practical living, can secrets survive the modern age, preserving wisdom from fragmentary sources
About Ab Immemorabili:
A podcast exploring ancient wisdom traditions for modern seekers, produced by the Most Ancient Anamnetic Order of Trikala (MAAOoT). Through one-on-one mentorship over 3-5 years, students work through 15 wisdom traditions integrating philosophy, practical psychology, and embodied practice.
Connect With Us:
Email your questions, reflections, and challenges to [email protected]
Learn more at www.maaoot.org
#metanoia #transformation #resistance #change #neuroscience #homeostasis #freud #jung #psychology #shamanism #kenosis #sufism #fana #buddhism #attachment #mindset #wisdomtraditions #ancientwisdom #philosophy #maaoot #abimmemorabili #egodeath #initiation #mindbodyspirit #consciousness #personalgrowth #philosophypodcast #mysticism #shadowwork #innerwork